New constructions were up 8.3% on the month in July, while maintenance repair works rose 7.9% in data adjusted for number of working days and seasonal factors. However, capital repair works were down 1.8% from June.

On an annual basis, the adjusted construction output rose 9.1% in June, due to advances in all sectors.

Capital repair and maintenance works rose 30.5% and 28% on the year, respectively, while new constructions works were 4.5% higher.

In unadjusted data, Romanian construction works rose 5% on the month in July, but were 15.4% compared with the same month of 2012.

In January through July, unadjusted construction works fell 2.2% on the year, while adjusted works declined 4.1%, the data showed.